Hey there, it's Audie Cornish, and over the next few weekends we're bringing you a new

podcast series from NPR and KQED.

It's called On Our Watch.

You know how whenever there's something horrific in the news that involves police, evidence

of assault, body cam footage of someone dying in custody, officials always follow up with

a line, quote, we're investigating.

Well, that happens behind a wall of secrecy.

Usually we don't get to find out what happens.

Well now, this show takes you inside the internal investigations of cases in California, a kind

of shadow world of police discipline.

This is the first episode.

It's called In Good Faith.

Next and KQED Criminal Justice Reporter, Suki Lewis, takes it from here.

It's September 30th, 2018.

It's still dark outside around 3 o'clock in the morning in this little town called Río

Vista, which is in the Sacramento Delta region of Northern California.

A 56-year-old white woman named Catherine Janks has called 911.

Two cops are now at her door, their body camera is rolling.

And is the dead switch your hair for us to serve me in protecting?

No.

A warning, this story contains explicit language and audio of a violent interaction with police.

Your progression of calling 911 over the past couple of weeks has been, let me finish.

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